The Newcastle United No1 urged his fellow Dutchman to accept the Swans' summer offer.

"He told me, 'It's a beautiful competition, you have to come'," Vorm recalled to the Daily Mail. "I had loved the Premier League since I was a kid watching Overmars and Bergkamp at Arsenal. I wanted to come. Tim thought it was a good idea."

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